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I. Qualifications for Medical Directors

• Requirements for NC EMS Medical Directors, Educational Advisors, and Assistant Medical Directors (100 Kb PDF)

II. Equipment

• Required Equipment for NC Ambulances by EMS Professional Level (139 Kb PDF)
  

III. Skills and Medications

• Required Skills and Medications for NC EMS Systems by EMS Professional Level (150 Kb PDF)

IV. Standards for Emergency Medical Dispatch

• Requirements for NC Emergency Medical Dispatch Programs (51 Kb PDF)

V. EMS Protocols

• EMS Patient Care Treatment Protocols for NC EMS Systems
• Crossreferenced Protocol Index (PENDING)

VI. EMS Policies

• EMS Patient Care Related Operational Policies for NC EMS Systems

VII. EMS Procedures

• EMS Patient Care Procedure Documents for NC EMS Systems

VIII. EMS Data Collection

• Required Dataset for EMS Electronic Patient Care Reporting Based on the NEMSIS 2.2.1 Standard (262 Kb PDF)

IX. EMS Performance Improvement

• NC EMS Performance Improvement Requirements for NC EMS Peer Review Committees (287 Kb PDF)

X. Appendices (Click Here to Download All Appendices - 1 Mb PDF)

• Appendix A: Disposition Form (112 Kb PDF)
• Appendix B: On-Scene Physician Form (92 Kb PDF)
• Appendix C: Apgar Score (44 Kb PDF)
• Appendix D: Los Angeles Prehospital Stroke Screen (67 Kb PDF)
• Appendix E: Pain Scale Forms (299 Kb PDF)
• Appendix F: Restraint Checklist (73 Kb PDF)
• Appendix G: Approved Medical Abbreviations (98 Kb PDF)
• Appendix H: Reperfusion Checklist (103 Kb PDF)
• Appendix I: Difficult Airway Evaluation (114 Kb PDF)
• Appendix J: Burn Resources (263 Kb PDF)

XI. Reference Documents (Click Here to Download All Five Reference Documents Listed Immediately Below - 1.6 Mb PDF)

• PreMIS Preliminary Report Form (394 Kb PDF)
• NC EMS Airway Evaluation Form (133 Kb PDF)
• NC Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) Form (930 Kb PDF)
• NC Do Not Resuscitate Form (131 Kb PDF)
• NC Medical Board Approved Medications for Credentialed EMS Personnel (99 Kb PDF)

Other Reference Documents

• Recommended EMS Guidelines for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (2009 NC EMSC Advisory Committee) (196 Kb PDF)
• The NC Eye Bank EMS Referral Policy (67 Kb PDF)

XII. Drug List (Click Here to Download Both Drug Lists (A and B) - 539 Kb PDF)

• Drug List A (294 Kb PDF) (168 Kb Editable DOC)
• Color Coded Pediatric Drug List B (105 Kb PDF)